2023-24 NBA SEASON (NEW YORK) Averaged 24.0 ppg, 9.4 rpg and 5.0 apg over 35.4 mpg in 46 games (all starts), before having season-ending shoulder surgery…Was named an Eastern Conference All-Star for a third time…Through the first 40 games of the season, Randle totaled 966 points, 366 rebounds, and 192 assists. He is the only player in Knicks history to amass 950+ points, 350+ rebounds, and 150+ assists through the first 40 games of a season, which marked the second time he’s achieved the feat in his Knicks career (975 points, 400 rebounds, 152 assists – 2022-23). In addition, Randle is one of three players in the NBA to tally 950+ points, 350+ rebounds, and 150+ assists through the first 40 games of this season, joining Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Nikola Jokic…Randle recorded 30 points on 52.6-percent shooting, nine rebounds and seven assists against Brooklyn (Jan 23, 2024). This marked his 69th 30-point game as a Knick, which ranks fifth all-time in franchise history…Randle recorded 18 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists in a home win against Toronto (Jan. 20). This marks his 14th career triple double and his eighth as a Knick. It also marked Randle’s second game as a Knick registering at least 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists. He is tied with Walt Frazier for the second most such games in franchise history…Randle recorded 39 points on 58.3% shooting and nine rebounds in a home win against the Minnesota Timberwolves (Jan. 1), becoming the fourth Knick in the last 40 years to have five or more games of 30+ points on at least 55% shooting, and at least five rebounds in the first 33 games of a season. He joins Patrick Ewing, Bernard King, and Amar’e Stoudemire as the only Knicks to accomplish this over the last 40 years… Randle recorded 24 points, nine rebounds, and two assists. He eclipsed 7,000 career points as a Knick in 313 games, which made him the second-fastest Knick in team history to record 7,000 points, trailing only Carmelo Anthony who accomplished this milestone in 269 games…Randle tallied 32 points on 60.8% shooting, 12 rebounds, six assists, one steal, and one block against the Jazz on Dec. 13…He is the eighth Knick to record 30+ points on 60%+ shooting, 10+ rebounds, at least one steal, and at least one block in a game, in team history…Randle’s strong performance also moved him up the Knicks’ all-time leader board. His two made three-pointers at Utah on Dec. 13, surpassed Jamal Crawford for the fourth most made three-pointers in Knicks history and second quickest in team history to reach 600 made three-pointers…Randle went off for a season-high 41 points, six rebounds, five assists while shooting 73.6% from the field and 91.6% from the stripe against Milwaukee on Dec. 5. He finished the first half scoring 25 points, without missing a field goal or free throw attempt, which made him the fourth player since 1996 to record 25+ points and shoot 100% from the field and free throw line in a first half…Randle registered 25 points, 20 rebounds, five assists, and two made three-point field goals vs. Charlotte on Nov. 28, becoming the first Knick in team history to record 25+ points, 20+ rebounds, 5+ assists, and two or more made three-point field goals….Randle is also the first Knick to record 25 points, 20 rebounds, and five assists since David Lee (2010), and first Knick to record 20+ points and 20+ rebounds since Enes Freedom in 2018.

NBA CAREER NOTES

Joined Minnesota on Oct. 2, 2024 in a trade with the New York Knicks, along with Donte DiVincenzo and Keita Bates-Diop…Has appeared in 641 games (561 starts) in 10 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Pelicans and New York Knicks…Owns NBA career averages of 19.1 points on 47.0% shooting, including 33.3% from three, 9.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 32.0 minutes per game…Has been named an NBA All-Star three times (2021,2023 and 2024), two-time KIA All-NBA selection (Second Team – 2021; Third Team – 2023) and 2020-21 KIA NBA Most Improved Player… One career NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month designation (April 2021)…Three-time NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week (Week 17 in 2020-21, ending April 18; Week 20 in 2022-23, ending March 5, Week 6 in 2023-24, ending December 3)…Bob Lanier Community Assist Award for the month of January (2024)…Ranks sixth on all-time Knicks career list in ppg (22.6, based on minimum 100 games played); fourth on all-time NYK list with 638 made three-pointers…Owns 11 career 40+ scoring games (10 w/ NYK) and 14 career triple-doubles (eight w/NYK)…Has three career 20-rebound games (one with Knicks Nov. 28, 2023 and two with the Lakers: April 6, 2016 vs. Clippers; Nov 30, 2016 at Chicago); one career 20-20 games (25 points and 20 rebounds vs. Charlotte Nov. 28, 2023)…Has recorded 14 career triple-doubles…2022-23 (New York): Was named an Eastern Conference All-Star and to the All-NBA Third Team following a season in which he appeared in 77 games ( all starts), averaging a team-leading 25.1 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 35.5 minutes per game…Scored a career-high 57 points against Minnesota on March 20… grabbed a season-high 19 rebounds in Toronto on Jan. 22…Recorded 40 double-doubles, five 40+ point games…Named KIA Eastern Conference Player of the week twice on March 5…Scored in double figures in 75 of his 77 games…Scored 10,000th career point on Dec. 27 in Dallas…2021-22 (New York): Recorded team-highs 20.1 ppg, 9.9 rpg and 5.1 apg with career-low 41.1% over 35.3 mpg in 72 games (all starts)…Ranked 25th in NBA in scoring (20.1), 13th in rebounding (9.9), 11th in total rebounds (716); 28th in assists (5.1), and 11th in minutes per game (35.3) after leading the League in mpg in 2020-21 (37.6)…For the second straight season, led Knicks in ppg (20.1), rpg (9.9) and apg (5.1)…Notched 14 30+ games and one 40+ game (46 pts at Sacramento, March 7, 2022)…Had 31 double-doubles and one triple-double (Feb 14, 2022 vs. Oklahoma City)…Led Knicks in scoring 24 times, rebounding 39 times…Recorded 13th and most recent career triple-double (seventh as a Knick) in OT loss to Thunder, Feb 14, 2022, with 30 points, 13 rebounds and season-high 10 assists in 45 minutes (DQ)…On March 7, 2022, keyed comeback win (from 20 down) at Sacramento with then-career-high 46 points (18-31 FGA, career-high 8-16 from Downtown, 2-2 FTA). Recorded all-time NYK single-game point high vs. Kings franchise (46)…2020-21 (New York): Named to All-NBA Second Team, KIA NBA Most Improved Player and selected to NBA All-Star Game following a season in which he appeared in 71 games (all starts), averaging 24.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists in a league-leading 37.6 minutes per game… Became the first Knick in franchise history to average 20.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 5.0 apg and shoot 40.0%+ from three…Joined Denver’s Nikola Jokic as only NBA players to lead their teams in ppg, apg and rpg…Named Kia NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for April 2021 (27.1 ppg, 9.0 rpg), and East Player of the Week for Week 17 (week ending April 18)…2019-20 (New York): In first season with New York, averaged 19.5 ppg (second on team to Marcus Morris’ 19.6), team-high 9.7 rpg and 46.0% shooting over 32.5 mpg in 64 games (all starts)…Team-high 30 double-doubles…Did not miss a game due to injury; missed two straight games (Jan 8-10) due to personal reasons…Double-double effort with 22 points and game-high 15 rebounds in win over Nets in New York…Team and season-high-tying 35 points with season-high-tying 18 rebounds in 2OT loss at Atlanta, Feb 9, 2020…Keyed OT win at Atlanta in shortened season finale, March 11, 2020, with 33 points…2018-19 (New Orleans): Appeared in 73 games (49 starts) in lone season with New Orleans, averaging 21.4 points on 52.4% shooting, including 34.4% from deep, 8.7 rebounds, and 3.1 assists in 30.6 minutes per game…recorded 31 double-doubles and one triple-double…On March 15, scored a then careerhigh 45 points vs. Portland, his first career 40+ point game…2017-18 (Los Angeles Lakers): Saw action in all 82 games (49 starts), averaging 16.1 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.6 assists in 26.7 minutes per game…Recorded 28 double-doubles and his lone triple double of the season on Feb. 23 vs. Dallas (18 points, 13 rebounds and13 assists)…Scored a season-high 36 points on 14-of-18 shooting on March 11 in Cleveland…Grabbed 15+ rebounds twice…2016-17 (Los Angeles Lakers): Appeared in 74 games (73 starts), averaging 13.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 28.8 minutes…Added 18 double-doubles and three triple -doubles along with one 20+ rebound game (Nov. 30 at Chicago)…On March 17 in Houston, scored a season-high 32 points…Recorded a season-high 11 assists on Jan. 3 vs. Memphis…Posted three games with 10+ assists, all of which were triple-double performances…2015-16 (Los Angeles Lakers): Saw action in 81 games (60 starts), while averaging 11.4 points on 42.9% shooting, a career-high 10.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 28.2 minutes per game…Posted 34 double-doubles…Recorded his first career triple-double on March 25 vs. Denver (13 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists)…Finished with a season-high 20 rebounds on April 6 vs. the Clippers, his first career 20+ rebound game…2014-15 (Los Angeles Lakers): Fractured his right tibia on Opening Night and missed the remaining 81 games of his rookie season.

NBA PLAYOFF NOTES

Has appeared in a total of 15 playoff games (all starts) with the Knicks during the 2021 and 2023 NBA Playoffs…Owns playoff averages of 17.1 points on 34.4% shooting, 9.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 34 minutes per game…2023 (New York): Saw action in 10 games (all starts), while averaging 16.6 points on 37.4%, 8.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 33.0 minutes per game…Recorded a double-double in four games, including a May 2 performance at Miami where he tallied 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists…2021 (New York): Appeared in five games (all starts), averaging 18.0 points, 11.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 36.1 minutes per game…Recorded a double-double in all five games.

COLLEGE NOTES

2013-14 (Kentucky): In lone season at Kentucky, appeared in 40 games and averaged 15.0 ppg and 10.4 rpg over 30.8 mpg…Named SEC Freshman of the Year, First Team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman, along with SEC All-Tournament Team and AP Third Team All-American honors...Led Kentucky in scoring 13 times, rebounding 30 times…Had seven 20+ scoring games and 24 double-doubles…Helped lead Kentucky to the 2014 NCAA National Championship game (10 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast vs. Connecticut, April 7, 2014 at Arlington, Texas)…Named to Final Four All-Tournament Team.

Julius Deion Randle…Mother Carolyn played basketball at Texas-Arlington (no. 30 was his mother’s number at Texas-Arlington)…Represented Knicks amid a galaxy of fellow A-list celebrities at the 2021 ESPYs presented by Capital One at The Rooftop at Pier 17 at the Seaport, July 2021…Joined teammate RJ Barrett to celebrate Knicks’ 2021-22 season at Miami hot spots Prime 112 Steakhouse and Prime Italian, Jan 2022…Celebrated Knicks 2022-23 season at gala, star-studded dinner party at Le Bilboquet in Sag Harbor, June 2023, in the presence of fellow A-Listers Ron Dyce, Daniel Stock and Ken Jewell…Co-hosted the opening of YouTube’s acclaimed “The Shop Uninterrupted Live Tour” with rap legend Method Man of the Wu-Tang Clan at Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse, Aug 2, 2023…In high school at Prestonwood Christian Academy, averaged 32.5 ppg and 22.5 rpg as a senior; won state titles during his freshman, junior, and senior seasons (high school number was retired in August 2023)…Earned co-MVP honors at the Jordan Brand Classic game with 19 points and seven rebounds…Named to USA Basketball’s training camp roster for the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China…Member of the 2016 USA Men’s Select Team...Dallas Cowboys fan...Shares Nov 29 birthday with Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera (1969) and legendary sportscasters Vin Scully (1927).